Cruise summary report

The purpose of the leg was to drill selected priority sites and if necessary bad weather sites in which pre-Quaternary rocks would be encountered. Fugro re-entry system; NEC gas recorder; drill.

3 sites were occupied (61, 92 and 96) and geological objectives were carried out. At site 62, 3 boreholes, 78/1, 78/1A and 78/1B, were drilled; at 92, 1 borehole, 78/2, was drilled; and at 96, 1 borehole, 78/3, was drilled.

Chief scientist

Daniel Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh)

Cruise report

(13.38 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

North SeaInner Seas off the West Coast of ScotlandNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Track charts

(00 MB)

Measurements

Geology and geophysics

In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling

Quantity: number of stations = 3Description: 5 boreholes drilled in total at 3 sites